What beer ya drinkin'?

[craig1985]

We should ban wine IMO, it ****s with my head a lot more then what beer ever does.

 

[usedtobefast]

We should ban wine IMO, it ****s with my head a lot more then what beer ever does.

stop wine-ing! that is the point.

 

[L'arriviste]

Oh my. I'm torn.

I have spent 3 years developing connections to secure Westvleteren when I am in Belgium. All that work...

The monk that answers the beer phone isn't even surprised anymore when I call

Westvleteren 12 is simply the best there is, imo.

Just a little update on this story. The supermarket chain Colruyt has said that it is talking to Westvleteren but nothing has been formalised. It is thought that there will be all sorts of conditions attached to the deal, should one actually be concluded.

 

[craig1985]

Westvleteren 12, does it mean that's 12%?

 

[L'arriviste]

Westvleteren 12, does it mean that's 12%?

No, it's 10.2% ABV.

The Belgian degree system, which describes the density of the beer, is only loosely related to the formalised notion of gravity.

Though not particularly accurate (because every bottle is unique), it is still a useful way of differentiating products in a product line: 6, 8, 10 and 12 are the usual numbers.

The thing you can say with some certainty is that higher the number, the more time has been spent brewing the beer and the more alcoholic it tends to be, though the respective characters of each degree in the same product line can be wildly different.

Some examples of these differences:

As a bog standard brew, Maredsous 6 on tap is lovely, whilst the 10 can be a step too close to aftershave for me.

Likewise I prefer a Rochefort 8 to a 10. The 10 is a bit oversweet and rooty for my tastes, though my other half prefers it to the 8, which I like because it's smokier and goes well in cooking.

These are quite apart from the other "scales" used: dubbels, tripels and quadrupels - which usually describe the doses of malt in the brew - and blue, red, etc, which is mostly just brandspeak for dubbel, tripel and quadrupel.

Try them all, is my advice. It's more fun that way!

 

[craig1985]

My dad who is a taxi driver managed to get a tip last night, and that was a six pack of beer!

 

[krebs303]

 

[krebs303]

 

[craig1985]

From Jurgen van den Broeck:

“In 2008 I didn't watch myself at all. I ate, drank and partied. I was as fat as a pig at home. I put on about 7kg,” he said. “Now I’m staying very calm, barely tasting beer.”

Jesus wept.

 

[L'arriviste]

From Jurgen van den Broeck:

“In 2008 I didn't watch myself at all. I ate, drank and partied. I was as fat as a pig at home. I put on about 7kg,” he said. “Now I’m staying very calm, barely tasting beer.”

Jesus wept.

On the bright side, at least when he's older and retired from the sport, he'll have plenty of beer money and a better taste for it.

 

[L'arriviste]

Tomorrow's a national holiday here in Belgium. So I'm supping right now on a Dulle Teve (Mad Bee-atch) from Brouwerij De Dolle.

Tripel, 100% malt brew at 10% ABV. Lovely stuff!

 

[Anonymous]

Tomorrow's a national holiday here in Belgium. So I'm supping right now on a Dulle Teve (Mad Bee-atch) from Brouwerij De Dolle.

Tripel, 100% malt brew at 10% ABV. Lovely stuff!

I'm

just

really

jealous.

 

[Cyclestar]

Has anyone ever tried DjuDju beer? Don't really know how to describe it...it's like this African beer...kind of sweet...not v strong, but SO yummy. Comes in flavours such as Passion Fruit..Mango..like beer with a tropical twist. Try it!

 

[L'arriviste]

Took some time off. Went down the new Moeder Lambic in Place Fontainas on a hideous Saturday afternoon last week.

Had myself a Kerkomse Tripel van't vat for the first time. It was a surprisingly profound thing, very perfumed. Like a dewy, overgrown garden.

Up to Malle on Monday for a taste of the Westmalle from the source so to speak, in the Abbey-owned café opposite the abbey itself. The dubbel was OK, much more interesting than a bottle of the same. A lot of old folks in, drinking half-and-half (50% dubbel, 50% tripel) which I couldn't try because I was driving.

The revelation of the weekend though was an Adelardus Tripel, again from the tap at Moeder Lambic on Saturday. I could not put my finger on the truly unbelievable aromas coming off it. Something like the taste of violets and hazelnuts and hormonal youth. A near-religious experience.

Forgot to mention that Saturday was also a brewing day down at Cantillon, hence why I was downtown in Bruxelles. I rarely go down there these days, though that new Moeder Lambic may change that a bit.

 

[saxe_coburg_gotha]

 

[Anonymous]

Great Evening

So, the wifey and I decided it was time for a side by side taste test among some of our favorite cellared beers.

Westvleteren 8, Rochefort 10 and Westvleteren 12.

The pours;

It was a nice evening

 

[usedtobefast]

in honor of the pair i saw on today's ride, with chicks in the nest. very cool.

 

[L'arriviste]

So, the wifey and I decided it was time for a side by side taste test among some of our favorite cellared beers.

Westvleteren 8, Rochefort 10 and Westvleteren 12...

It was a nice evening

Nice selection, Scott. Desert island stuff! (Compliments on the Rochefort glasses. We have a pair too!)

We had a Special Export Stout from De Dolle to go with the hour's TV 'cross at Gavere.

I wasn't particularly keen, tbh. Lovely aromas and head but it was salty as hell and much too thin on taste.

Folks were over from the old country last week, so we did the obligatory visit to Brugge. I don't mind it because I always pick up some coffee from a favourite shop there, plus there's a good selection at the Cambrinus when the Brugs Beertje is closed:

 

[krebs303]

 

[the student]

[/QUOTE]

that beer is where i got my nickname from... Nat & Straf...
dont ask me why...
it obviously sounds very wrong... but it is a very nice beer

 

[L'arriviste]

that beer is where i got my nickname from... Nat & Straf...
dont ask me why...
it obviously sounds very wrong... but it is a very nice beer[/QUOTE]

Just asked my Limburger colleague what "Nat en straf" means. He sort of frowned when I asked him what it meant. He took a moment and then replied, "something wet and intense".

 

[craig1985]

I've been drinking Amstel lately, and I've actually enjoyed it. The only other time I had it was at the bar of the Hostel I was staying in Rome in 2007. The other beer I want to drink is Fosters so I can found out what the fuss is about. It's not brewed here, not sold here (as far as I know), and yet the most famous Australian beer.

 

[L'arriviste]

...The other beer I want to drink is Fosters so I can found out what the fuss is about. It's not brewed here, not sold here (as far as I know), and yet the most famous Australian beer.

Oh, don't do that to yourself, Craig!

Had myself a special edition from De Struise the other night, a Roste Jeanne. Quite bitter at first - a surprise from those guys - but did seem to get better further down the glass.

Last night was a De Huyghe Guillotine. Back on familiar ground with that. Golden, heavy-headed and sharp as a tack.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

It's december, so the christmas/winter beers are back.
Yesterday i drank a Tongerlo Christmas. Nothing special, a bit to sweet.

 

[craig1985]

Grolsch.

A google image search gives me this: